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Knife + Heart (2018)

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Father, The (2020)

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Ammonite (2020)

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Outguess ET 2021 – Oscar Prediction Contest

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Face You Deserve, The (2004)

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BAFTAs 2021 Prediction

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Binding Sentiments (1969)

April 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Below Sea Level (2008)

April 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

In a Lonely Place (1950)

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Girl, The (1968)

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Tag / Documentary

April 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Below Sea Level (2008)

  • Rosi, Gianfranco
  • 2008, Documentary, Gianfranco Rosi, Italy, USA
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Nomadland before Nomadland, Rosi’s raw, no holds barred documentary on folks living in isolation on buses and vans in the Californian desert finds grace and empathy in their existence. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Eternality Tan

24 City (2008)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 2008, China, Documentary, Jia Zhangke
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There’s something very deeply moving and universal about Jia’s seemingly mundane documentary about the stories of workers (and their children) who used to ply their trade in a Chengdu factory that had made way for new commercial development as China rapidly modernised in the 2000s. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Seventh Walk, The (2013)

  • Dutta, Amit
  • 2013, Amit Dutta, Documentary, India
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Dutta explores the inner psychological and creative world of an Indian artist who does charcoal painting through this mesmerising sensorial non-narrative.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Icarus (2017)

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  • 2017, Bryan Fogel, Documentary, Netflix, USA
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Even if you don’t give a hoot about the Olympics, this sensational Oscar-winning documentary about state-sanctioned sports doping in Russia is eye-opening and riveting. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Caught in the Net (2020)

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  • 2020, Czech Republic, Documentary
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Highly uncomfortable but essential viewing as this Czech documentary-cum-social experiment attempts to bring to light the dark, paedophilic world of online sexual abuse of children. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 3, 2021January 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blackpink: Light Up the Sky (2020)

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  • 2020, Documentary
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There’s probably nothing new for die-hard Blinks, but for new fans (like myself), this is a no-frills but highly-effective introduction to the four K-pop queens who are slaying the world.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

City Dream (2019)

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  • 2019, China, Documentary
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An old feisty street seller and his poor family fight for their right to make a living as local authorities demand their relocation in this engrossing, and at times, hilarious documentary filmed in pre-COVID Wuhan. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 29, 2020 by Eternality Tan

13th (2016)

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  • 2016, Ava DuVernay, Documentary, Netflix, USA
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It may sometimes feel too didactic, but this documentary about the proliferation of prisons in the US as set in the context of racial inequality has its moments of shocking power.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 26, 2020October 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Notturno (2020)

  • Rosi, Gianfranco
  • 2020, Documentary, Gianfranco Rosi, Italy
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Shot over three years in the Middle East, Rosi’s beautiful and graceful documentary pits the human desire for normalcy against the unending cycles of death and destruction. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Fire at Sea (2016)

  • Rosi, Gianfranco
  • 2016, Documentary, Gianfranco Rosi, Italy
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A deserving Golden Berlin Bear winner that powerfully documents the troubling migrant crisis from the vantage point of an Italian island and her life-goes-on inhabitants.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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